Belt or strap buckle



Ani 21, 1923. 1,465.286

.' S. M. RIKER BELT OR STRAP BUCKLE Filed Jun' v. 1922 A FOR/VH5.

Patented Aug. 21,1923

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SAMUEL M. BIKER, OF CHESTER, NEW JERSEY.

new on s'raiir BUCKLE.

Application filed June 7,

a citizen of the United States, residing-at Chester, in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt 01' Strap .Buckles; and I do hereby declare the fol-,

" lowing to bea full, clear, and exact descrip-l tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled'in the art to'which it apper tains to make and use the same, reference point desired.

being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, whlch form a part of this SPGClfiCttlLlOD,

This invention relates to improvements in buckles for belts, strapsand the like and the inventionhas reference, more particularly, to a simple and elficient construction of tongueless buckle having a novel clamping means for holding the free end portion.

of the belt or Strap. securely engaged at any The invention b ject to provide a simple construct on of buckle comprised of but two parts, via, a

main body or frame, and a movable clamp- ,element slidably associated with said main body or frame, thus reducing the parts to a mmlmum, and consequently providing a and et of such arran ement as to )rovide a vely neat and pleasing appearance.

ther objects of this invention, not atthis time more particularly enumerated, will be clearly understood from. the following. de-

tailed description of the same.

With the various objects of this invention 'in view the same consists, primarily, in the 7 bodied in the claims appended theretof The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front face view of the novel buckle operatively related to a belt; Figure 2 is a rear or back'face View of the same; Figure 3 is a longitudinal section through the same, taken on line 3-3 in said Figure 2; Figure 4 is a transverse section, taken on line 44L in said Figure 2; Figure 5 is a s for its principal ob 1922 Serial No. 566,445.

perspective view of the main body or frame of the buckle; and Figure 6 is a perspective View of the clamping element of the buckle.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the hereinabove described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to said drawings, the main body or frame of the buckle comprises a preferably integral structure, consisting of a pair of parallel longitudinal side bars 7 connected at their respective ends by cross bars or end members 8, and 8 and a central guide-plate 9 which is disposed intermediate the cross bars or end members 8 and 8 so as to provide transverse openings or belt pas sages l0 and 10 intermediate its respective ends and the respective cross bars or end members 8 and 8; said guide-plate is preferably disposed in a rearwardly depressed or -dowiiwardly off-set plane relative to the side and cross bars, being supported from the former by means ofdownwardly turned connecting portions 11. Formed in said guide-plate 9 are a pair of longitudinally disposed parallel guide-slots or ways 12.

The clamp element of the buckle comprises a preferably integral structure, consisting of a slide-plate 13, provided at its outer freeend with a transversely disposed very cheap and easily manipulated buckle,

loop-member 14:, andv at its inner end with clamp means, together with means for slid- -ably associating the slide-plate with. the

main body or frame of the buckle, which in turn comprise a pair of outwardly or forwardly turned slide-lugs 15, which spring respectively from the respective side edge portions of the inner end of said slide-plate 13, at right angles to the latter, as to-pr'oject forwardly through said guide-slots or Ways 12 of the main body or frame of the buckle, and so as to be longitudinally movable back and forth along said slots orways thereof; the clamp means. consists of .a pair of clamp-lugs 16, turned outwardly from the respective slidelugs 15 so as to lie in aplane parallelfto the plane. of the guide-plate 9, and movable upon the outer face thereof, said clamp-lugs having forwardly projecting free ends con stituting clamp jaws 17.

One end of the belt or strap 18 is attached, by engaging the same through the loop-member 14c, to the clamp element of the buckle. When fastening the belt about the waist of the wearer, the free end 18 is inserted beneath the cross bar or end memher 8' and outwardly through the opening. or beltpassafge 10?, "to extend oy'er the for Ward face of the guide-plate 9 and the clamp-lugs 16, thence being passed inwardly through the opening orbelt 'passage'lO -to extend beneath the cross bar orend rnernher 8.' During the above described manipulation of the free end l8 of the belt, the

slide-plate 13 is moved'rear'wardly to reraet hfidflllilll'lfllll? 17 rel iv with? 91 iol i or be t Pas age 10 a d t e cros fb r reml lt e 8 t w ich said la j w e eo ed Wlh n t htening th b l abolnt the wearer, an em Wise strain or pull is eXe1'fie la1DQnthe belt l Whi h hands to.

lide pn a tt he slide-P te 3- thereby pu hin fer a d Said a pri w wward the crossbar or end member 8 thus pi hin t t e ind O -b b tween said cross bar or end nember 8 and said; clamp, jaws 17, so that the said free ga ged from 1 ls ren sheared 'q 'ei p i lling from th e buokle, or relaxing from tightened,adji sted position about thetvaist of theii'earer, all of Whiehwillfbg. morefully understood from an inspection of Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings.

I amen??? th t sem an s m y e made in the arious arrangements and com bina ons of the ClQYlQQS and parts, as well as 1n the details the construction of the same, without departing fro n the scope of.

ythis int entio;nas set .forth in the foregoing "Hence, I-d'o not liinit my invention to the ena'otarrangements and combinations, of the'r ariolis deyic'esfand parts asideserihed in" saidjspeeification, nor do I eon} fine myself to'the'exact details of 'the con} strtietioii of parts asilhi strated in the ac: omp y pe rawi i s- I r l V 1. A belt or strap buckle, compr s ng alnain frame hav ng transyerse passages at its'respeetiiie ends. a slide-platelongitudinally movable on said n ain frame, said slicleplate having a loop-mernber at its oiiter end foitithe attachment of the fix ed end of the belt or strap thereto, and elm 13p jaw devices connected with lide-plateland cooperating with a -margin of'one t said trans verse passages ofsaidframe to pinch the free end of-the belt or strap.

2. A belt or strep bupkle comprising a main frame having erossba-rs atits ends, a, lon gitudinally slotted "guide plate interline diate the ends of said frame andterminating short of said ,cross harst provide belt specification, and as defined in the appended passages, a slide-plate a loop-menaher] atits outerend forthe attachment of the fixed end of the belt or strap thereto,

slide-lugs at the inner end of said'slide-plate to ride in the'slots o'f's'aid guide-platgand said slide-lags having clamp jaws projeeting forwardly therefrom 'towardthe forward belt passage and opposed to the crossbar COIitigiioiisthereto.r r

3. A belt or strap buckle, comprising a ma n am h i g r ssjh t at i s, nd a longitudinally slotted guide-plate, eonneeted with said main frame and; intaardly V.

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main. Tm e haying a t t spqd w h? et t e iia s ge enis" free end of thebelt or strap the f l lzl d m meansjmqurited 'gfi gr main frame hay ng a 1 member at its free en'd'fol" the at i w o f ifixedQ116- Of el er a e" he-emitted; laWSon sa' d clampmg mg filer-limit 1 f i ld bltlq f str, 1 miner- 95 slid forward On the latter? 5. In a belt or stm' bnell a ilainframe hav ng transye sely slott" {id 'i n'da 16mm: tnd many slotted .porti (inf intenhediate d O V y. 1, ,H, Ll l' sa d transverse passages w; hen sand clamp ed on said 'longit, l cooperate witlfo'ne of sa d mainframe, anfdfrn ans fconn testimonyathat l el-airn 'thel no set forth aboye-I haye hereunto.

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